Non-refillable attachment for bottles.



D. WBSTGOTT. NON-REFILLABLE ATTAGHMENT FOB. BUTTLES.

, AP LIOATIQN FILED JULY 10, 1908. 924,299.

Patented June 8, 1909..

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL Wits'reor'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saplaced on the head of said va ve, it being Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 10, 1908. Serial N 0. 442,803.

Patented June 8, 1909.

H designates a valve which freely occupies the neck B, and has a ball-sha ed weight J lem, county of Salem, State of New Jersey, I noticed that said weight occupies said sleeve have invented a new and useful N on-Refillable Attachment for Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

y invention consists of an attachment for a bottle, whereby the latter is prevented from being refilled, the same embodying a sleeve which is adapted to be cemented and otherwise secured to the neck of a bottle, so as to become ractieally an integral member of said continuity of the same and thereby prevented from being removed and permitting access to a valve on the neck of the bottion'of parts and operation of being hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the neck an tle, the construe the same clalms.

For the purp tion, the aecom satisfactory re thereof may b derstood that represents a side el scale, of the ne the attachmen sents a top or pl on an enlarged scale.

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ose of explaining the invenanying drawing illustrates a ction of the same to ractice, but the important instrumenta ities e varied, and so it is to be unthe invention is not limited to the specific arrangement and organization shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a non-refillable attachment for a bottle embodying my invention. longitudinal section thereof. sents a longitudinal section of the same, and of the bottle to which it is applied. Fig. 4 evation, on an enlarged ck portion of a bottle to which pplicable. an view of the attachment of reference indicate correthe figures.

e drawings z-A designates a bottle on the side of whose neck B are the G, each of which is broken n of its length forming the space or passage D.

designates a sleeve, which preferably made of glass, is 0 en at bottom so as to be fitted over the nee side of its lower portion, the spiral threads F, which are ada ted to engage the threads 0 of the neck an so interlock the sleeve on the On the into the threads F, are pressed outward face of said sleeve.

are spiral grooves G, which and its diameter is slightly less than that of the interior of the sleeve, so that it may freely roll or move inthe latter, but close to the sleeve, the grooves G, however, remaining open or uncovered, so that liquor or other fluid may flow therethrough in the canted or overturned condition of the bottle, as will be hereinafter described.

On the upper end of the sleeve E, is a nozzle K, which extends laterally or angularly therefrom and is ada ted to receive a cork or sto per L, so as to clbse the bottle as usual.

11 ractice, the sleeve and valve are remove and the bottle filled as usual. Then the cement is applied to the neck B, and the 7.; sleeve placed on the latter and rotated, whereby, owing to the threads F on said sleeve and threads C on said neck, the sleeve is screwed to the neck. When the cement is set, the sleeve will be united to theneck, andowing to the cement filling the s aces on the neck between adjacentthreads F, ro tary motion of the sleeve in reverse order is prevented, said sleeve becoming practically integral with the neck, and so being immovably held thereon preventing access to the valve H. The cement between the threads is joined by that between the passages D, and so rotary motion of the cement is prevented should attempts be made to rotate the sleeve, and thus the fixed condition of the latter is assured.

en it is desired to pour out the contents of the bottle, the cork 1n the nozzle K is extracted and the bottle is canted or overturned, when the weight J rolls from the valve H, and the latter moves from its seat, thus opening the mouth of the bottle, when the liquor will flow from the neck of the bottle into the grooves G and so reach the nozzle K without interference of the weight J, the liquor, as is evident, pouring out through sald nozzle. When the bottle is restored to its upright position, thevalve returns to its seat and the Weight J is seated thereon, thus firmly holding the valve in closed position, preventing refilling of the bottle through the neck of the latter.

The lateral projection of the nozzle K will prevent a piece of wire or other implement from reaching the weight J or valve H or both, and raising the same, as said Wire or Fig. 2 represents a Fig. 3 repre- Fig. 5 repre- B and has on the inner rior of the sleeve above y from the inner surproper play of weight J therein,

implement introduced into the sleeve will be deflected from its right-lined direction by the inner wall of the sleeve and so be without ability to engage advantageously said weight and valve. Should said piece or implement be made of hook-form, it will contact with the weight J from above, and so more forcibly ress the same against the valve H, whereby the latter is held in closed condition to a greater extent, thus preventing any possibility of filling the bottle through said valve. Should the sleeve be broken ofi', the bottle may be refilled as usual, indicating, however, that the same is not the act of the proprietor of a brand of liqluor, fiuid or material with which the bott e was originally filled.

Attention is directed especially to the sleeve E in that it constitutes an upward continuity of the neck B, which latter, under the circumstances, may be made short as shown, while sufficiently high for the securing of the lower end of the sleeve thereto by screwing and cementing, as hereinafter explained. The sleeve thus provides a supplemental neck, which is adequately long to permit the upward or outward motion of which is limited by the contraction of the sleeve or reduction of its diameter as at M, the same beginning near the upward terminals ol the grooves or channels G, so that while said weight may be seated against the inner wall of the contraction M, and so prevented from being jammed in the top portion of the sleeve, the upward terminals of the grooves or channels G are uncovered so that the liquor or fluid may flow therethrough in dispensing the same when the bottle is canted or overturned without interference of said weight. Again, the length of play of the weight is such that while the valve H follows the same, it will not be removed entirely from the mouth of the bottle, and so is in condition to properly seat itself and close said mouth, when the bottle is returned again to upright position.

1 i i i l l i l i l l i l l Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and. desire to secure by lietters Patent, is:

1. A bottle provided with a neck and having a screw thread thereon, a sleeve adapted to be fitted on said neck and having a screw thread thereon with which latter the screw thread of the former is adapted to engage, said sleeve and neck being adapted to have cement placed between the same and covering said threads, a valve having a portion supported upon said neck, the interior of said sleeve having spiral grooves, and a weight occupying said sleeve and adapted to rest upon the upper face of said valve.

2. A bottle provided with a neck having a screw thread thereon, and a sleeve adapted to be fitted on said neck and having a screw thread thereon with which latter the screw thread of the former is adapted to engage, the screw threads oi? the neck being broken with the broken portions disposed horizontally about the neck, said sleeve and ne k being adapted to have cement placed between. the same and cover said threads an d to enter the horizontal space between the portions of the threads of the neck.

3. In a non-refillable attachment of the character described, a sleeve adapted to be fitted on the neck of a bottle and. adapted to be interlocked therewith and cemented thereto, a valve adapted to be fitted to a seat in the neck of the bottle, a weight on said valve closely fitting the interior of said sleeve but mounted to roll, said sleeve being adapted to movably contain said weight and having on its interior spiral channels adapted to be in communication with the mouth oi? the bottle and the outlet of the sleeve, said channels being unobstructed by said weight, said sleeve being provided at its outer end with a nozzle extending at an angle thereto.

DANIEL WES OTT.

Witnesses D HARRIS SMITH, SAMUEL G. ALLEN. 

